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AN ACT EXPANDING THE PROHIBITED ACTS OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN ON ACCOUNT OF SEX, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE ARTICLES 135 AND 137 OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 442, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LABOR CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES
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DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN ON ACCOUNT OF SEX
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July 26, 2016
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9
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555
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Entitled: AN ACT EXPANDING THE PROHIBITED ACTS OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN ON ACCOUNT OF SEX, AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE ARTICLES 135 AND 137 OF PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 442, AS AMENDED, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE LABOR CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES [ FIRST REGULAR SESSION, 17TH CONGRESS ] [ 2016 ] 7/26/2016 Introduced by Senator JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO; 8/15/2016 Read on First Reading and Referred to the Committee(s) on LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT; and WOMEN, CHILDREN, FAMILY RELATIONS AND GENDER EQUALITY; [ 2019 ] 1/22/2019 Returned and submitted jointly by the Committee(s) on LABOR, EMPLOYMENT AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT and WOMEN, CHILDREN, FAMILY RELATIONS AND GENDER EQUALITY per Committee Report No. 555, recommending its approval with amendments; 1/22/2019 Committee Report Calendared for Ordinary Business; 1/22/2019 Sponsor: Senator JOEL VILLANUEVA; 1/23/2019 Transferred from the Calendar for Ordinary Business to the Calendar for Special Order; 1/23/2019 Sponsorship speech of Senator JOEL VILLANUEVA; 1/23/2019 Co-sponsorship speech of Senator JOSEPH VICTOR G. EJERCITO; 1/23/2019 Senator Hontiveros requested that she be made co-author; 1/23/2019 Motion of Senator Zubiri that he and Senators Angara, Aquino and Drilon be made co-authors and co-sponsors; (Pursuant to Rule V, Sec. 7, paragraph (g) of the Rules of the Senate, Committee Report No. 555 with pertinent documents transmitted to the Archives for safekeeping and preservation on January 21, 2021) (The legislative history/plenary deliberations is prepared by the INDEXING, MONITORING AND LIS SECTION, LEGISLATIVE BILLS AND INDEX SERVICE; The data entry on committee meetings is prepared by the Committee Affairs Bureau)